Features and problems of operation of water supply systems of agricultural organizations

Abstract

The article deals with the problems and characteristics of determining the cost of 1 m³ of water in agricultural organizations, and analysed the relationship between the owners of water supply systems and specialised enterprises or organizations when performing maintenance work to ensure a continuous supply of the required quality of water in an amount sufficient to cost effectively. The authors developed four alternative organizational models for the operation of water supply systems and proposed a methodology for calculating the cost of water for agricultural organizations in order to create a unified approach to the calculation of water supply costs and to search for savings reserves based on existing features of the organisation of operation of such water supply systems in the Republic of Belarus. An economic-mathematical model that includes the objective function and a system of restrictions in order to optimize the choice for the water supply system of the best organizational model of operation and minimize the costs of water supply was developed. To select the optimal organizational model, owners of water supply systems are encouraged to use the algorithm developed by the author.